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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

I was in New York last week with my class at Columbia University and several events made me realize that the Customer Development model needs to better describe its fit with web-based businesses. However the Customer Development Model and the Lean Startup work equally well for startups on the web.

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Techpreneur and CEO Leads a Company to Reign in Testing of Software For Tech Companies

Hearpreneur

Software testing requires smart people to develop smart solutions. They also wanted someone who was willing to move to Germany for a while to get to know the business and to get it in shape for that expansion. The Germany angle was intriguing for me. CEO of software crowd testing company, testIO, Phil Soffer is one such person.

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Techpreneur and CEO Leads a Company to Reign in Testing of Software For Tech Companies

Hearpreneur

They also wanted someone who was willing to move to Germany for a while to get to know the business and to get it in shape for that expansion. The Germany angle was intriguing for me. Because our testers mirror their customers’ experience, we find the kinds of things that impact customers and that development teams miss.

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Success Stories of Previous Winners at the Vernadsky Challenge

The Startup Magazine

It is understandable since software development requires less time and fewer resources (particularly financial ones) than prototyping a piece of hardware. Since they won the main prize, they have been actively developing their product. The number of startups that has sprung in the country in the last decade is beyond expectations.

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What Do Diversity Hiring and Work From Home Jobs Have in Common?

Transformify

Instead of paying ridiculously high rent in San Francisco or London, startups and small businesses can spend on product development and marketing, thus tremendously increasing the chances of successful market entry and expansion. Work from home and remote work also significantly cut office costs.

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My Life as a CEO (and VC): Chief Psychologist

Both Sides of the Table

My first company was founded in Ireland, headquartered in England and had country operations in the UK, France & Germany. But this isn’t restricted to distributed teams, multi-country environments or even large companies. Our most talented developer wanted to move to the US for personal reasons.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. DEAL OF THE WEEK: Gilt Groupe – We both admired this company.

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